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  1. from dateutil import parser
  2.  
  3. def reformat_date(date_string, desired_format="%Y-%m-%d"):
  4.   """
  5.   Detects the format of a date string, parses it, and reformats it to the desired format.
  6.  
  7.   Args:
  8.     date_string: The date string to be parsed and reformatted.
  9.     desired_format: The desired output format for the date (default: YYYY-MM-DD).
  10.  
  11.   Returns:
  12.     A string representing the date in the desired format, or None if the date string could not be parsed.
  13.   """
  14.   try:
  15.     parsed_date = parser.parse(date_string)
  16.     reformatted_date = parsed_date.strftime(desired_format)
  17.     return reformatted_date
  18.   except ValueError:
  19.     return None
  20.  
  21. # Example usage:
  22. date_str1 = "2023/10/26"
  23. date_str2 = "October 26, 2023"
  24. date_str3 = "26-Oct-23"
  25. date_str4 = "Invalid Date"
  26.  
  27. reformatted_date1 = reformat_date(date_str1)
  28. reformatted_date2 = reformat_date(date_str2)
  29. reformatted_date3 = reformat_date(date_str3, "%d/%m/%Y")  # Custom desired format
  30. reformatted_date4 = reformat_date(date_str4)
  31.  
  32. print(f"Original: {date_str1}, Reformatted: {reformatted_date1}")
  33. print(f"Original: {date_str2}, Reformatted: {reformatted_date2}")
  34. print(f"Original: {date_str3}, Reformatted: {reformatted_date3}")
  35. print(f"Original: {date_str4}, Reformatted: {reformatted_date4}")
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Original: 2023/10/26, Reformatted: 2023-10-26
Original: October 26, 2023, Reformatted: 2023-10-26
Original: 26-Oct-23, Reformatted: 26/10/2023
Original: Invalid Date, Reformatted: None
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Python 3 (python  3.9.5)
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